High Cash-Rent Risks

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Generally, farms with more of their acres cash rented at higher cash rent levels will face more downside income risk compared to farms with fewer acres cash rented at lower cash rent levels. As a result, farms with high cash rent levels could face large losses in some future year. This is illustrated by projecting 2013 incomes for farms with different rental situations.

Expected yields are 187 bu./acre for corn and 54 bu./acre for soybeans, with two-thirds of acres in corn and one-third in soybeans.

Farm costs are specified at levels contained in 2013 crop budgets.

The farm has $480,000 of debt.

Revenue Protection (RP) at the 80% coverage level is purchased for both corn and soybeans. Trend Adjusted Actual Production History (TA-APH) yields are 180 bu. for corn and 50 bu. for soybeans.

Projected prices used to set crop insurance guarantee are set at $6.10 for corn and $12.70 for soybeans. These projected prices will be determined at the end of February and have a critical importance in limiting downside revenue. Lower projected prices will lower worst-case net farm incomes.

Income Scenarios

Incomes are projected under three scenarios:

Expected 2013 incomes are generated with cash prices of $5.80/bu. for corn and $12.40/bu. for soybeans. Prices at these levels currently can be obtained for 2013 fall delivery.

Worst-case incomes are generated by lowering corn and soybean prices to the point where crop insurance payments occur. A number of price-yield combinations will result in the worst-case incomes. A similar procedure lowering yields will result in the same worst-case incomes. Worst-case incomes will be lower with lower coverage levels on RP crop insurance policies.

Long-run incomes are projected at cash prices of $4.50/bu. for corn and $10.50/bu. for soybeans. These prices represent estimates of average, or long-run, prices over the next five to 10 years.

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